Viewers Go Ballistic Over Sunday's Unreal 'Game Of Thrones' Episode

HBO / Helen SloanThings did not go well for Robb Stark and his lady love on the season 3 penultimate episode of "Game of Thrones."

Warning: Major Spoilers Ahead.

Everyone is talking about "Game of Thrones" after last night's gut-wrenching episode.

The past few episodes have been dragging a bit. Sure, we've had our fill of Daenerys in a tub and the return of drunk Tyrion at a forced, awkward wedding, but there haven't been as many jaw-dropping moments — until last night.

Don't read any further if you haven't watched episode nine.

The Stark family took another blow as Robb and Catelyn Stark — and Robb's dire wolf Grey Wind — were slaughtered at the hand of Walder Frey. If you recall, Robb backed out on an oath to marry one of Frey's daughters.

The saddest part? Robb's wife Talisa was killed by having her pregnant belly stabbed multiple times. And this was after she told Robb she would name their unborn child after his deceased father Ned if the child was a boy.

If you read the books, you knew that this was coming. The Red Wedding is a massive plot point in the series.

"It’s two-thirds of the way through the book, but I skipped over it when I came to it. So the entire book was done and there was still that one chapter left. Then I wrote it. It was like murdering two of your children.

In case you're wondering, Martin knew from the time he began the novels that he would kill off both Robb and Catelyn.

"I killed Ned in the first book and it shocked a lot of people. I killed Ned because everybody thinks he’s the hero and that, sure, he’s going to get into trouble, but then he’ll somehow get out of it. The next predictable thing is to think his eldest son is going to rise up and avenge his father. And everybody is going to expect that. So immediately [killing Robb] became the next thing I had to do."